Probably. To be honest, part of the reason I am passing on the game is because it's a half assed effort. If you aren't going to bother with adding English voice acting and doing a barebones localization, why should I invest my time and money in this game. It's clear someone at NISA decided this game isn't worth doing a proper and complete localization, so why should I play this game?

I should note that I am Setsuna didn't also didn't have its voiced dialogue redone in English. While this was annoying, it was insignificant in terms of content. It was literally just battle voices, so that isn't much of an issue. However, according to a clip of the game's cut scenes I found on Youtube, there is a considerable amount of voice acting that NISA isn't redoing. This seriously pisses me off as in this day and age, this amounts to half a job. Fuck them!

If this game ends up in the bargain bin, I still won't touch it. The only way I would ever consider playing this game is if it becomes a monthly freebie to Playstation Plus members.

One last thing, in spite of all my complaints about it, I don't have a problem with including the original Japanese audio so long as English voice work is also present. I know a lot of fans prefer listening to the original language so making the original dialogue available makes sense.

^That's your perogative, but I would like to remind you that we aren't exactly talking about a well-known game series here, and one we're really lucky they're even considering to release outside of Japan - not because of a lack of quality, but because publishers these days tend to play it safe and would rather focus on well-known, established brands when possible. Even NISA had been focusing a little hard on Disgaea for a while, and I'm sure Ys VIII must've been an expensive license, so I'm surprised they're bothering to branch out so soon like this. But as a fan of Mad Max and Metal Max...I'd at least like you to keep in mind that game publishing is still a business, and sometimes they're going to make decisions that have nothing to do with the actual quality of the game in question.

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